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The NSW Budget is Berejiklian's time to trade big on her political capital

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:55:00 +1000

There are billions of dollars in election promises to be delivered, while the State Government takes a hit in stamp duty but Gladys Berejiklian is in prime position to deliver.


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Lumholtz's tree kangaroo blindness mystifies experts, but toxic leaves could be to blame

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:49:00 +1000

This kangaroo species normally lives high in the treetops but is now being found in odd places, unable to see and confused, and one ecologist is trying to find out the cause.


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Myki ticket machines to stop producing unwanted receipts after software upgrade

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:58:00 +1000

A software upgrade to more than 500 Myki ticket machines fixes an issue that has baffled Victorians for years and also caused littering problems and security concerns.


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Hobart news: People voting with their feet in regional Tasmania

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:57:00 +1000

MORNING BRIEFING: Many regional Tasmanian areas are in a population decline, and Hobart scores high on drug waste water testing.


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Women are the hidden victims of homelessness but it isn't just a case of sleeping rough

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:26:00 +1000

The number of older women experiencing homelessness has surged in recent years, with divorce, pay disparity and a lack of superannuation culminating in a "perfect storm" of gender disadvantage.


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Father of missing backpacker Theo Hayez pleas to press for information on missing son

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:34:00 +1000


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Man wrestling with best friend on Gold Coast street dies after being hit by car

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:28:00 +1000

The family of a Gold Coast man who died after being hit by a car on Sunday night say they're "absolutely devastated" that a fight between two friends led to him losing his life.


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Human cannonball Warren Brophy is a circus performer keeping his family dream alive

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:26:00 +1000

A tiny number of performers worldwide stuff their adult frames into cannons, to be shot across an arena at 60 kilometres per hour. Queenslander Warren Brophy is one of them.


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Health Department executives accused by CCC of corruption may leave with $600,000 in payouts

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:32:00 +1000

The WA Attorney-General casts doubt on whether more than $600,000 worth of severance payouts, made to former Health Department employees embroiled in a decades-long corruption scandal, will be recovered.


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Record $20 million payout for man who suffered severe brain injuries in car crash

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 15:14:00 +1000

Chrys Barker has been confined to a wheelchair and is in need of 24-hour care since being critically injured in a car accident in 2014. He's now been awarded what is believed to be the biggest single personal injury settlement in Queensland.


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Darwin water park push to continue, even though all applications have been rejected so far

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 15:40:00 +1000

The Northern Territory Chief Minister says plans for a water theme park in Darwin are not dead in the water yet, despite his Government formally rejecting all expressions of interest in the project submitted so far.


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Sex workers say they are being 'harassed' by SA Police as decriminalisation debate continues

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:28:00 +1000

Sex workers say they are being harassed and intimidated by South Australian police, as figures show charges for sex-work offences have spiked in the past two years.


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Philip Dalidakis resigns from Daniel Andrews's Labor Government and Victorian Parliament

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:37:00 +1000

In a shock announcement, former minister Philip Dalidakis resigns from the Victorian Parliament, effective immediately, to take a senior position at Australia Post.


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Midvale home firebombed after woman set alight, with man charged after taken to hospital

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:20:00 +1000

A Perth woman sustains burns to 30 per cent of her body and is taken to hospital in a critical condition after a man allegedly set her alight and then threw a firebomb into a house in Perth's east overnight.


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SA judge gives stark warning about horrors of ice, saying it wreaks carnage and kills people

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:28:00 +1000

A South Australian judge has given a stark warning to a street-level drug dealer about the horrors of ice, saying it causes people to snap in bars, coward punch strangers, neglect their children and even kill.


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Farm tourism boom keeps Tasmania's heritage tradies on their toes

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:42:00 +1000

The rise of home renovation shows has helped glamorise DIY but take the cameras and personalities away and the situation is quite different especially when it comes to tackling heritage buildings.


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Theo Hayez's father makes emotional press plea to find 18yo who is 'in grave danger'

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:13:00 +1000

The father of missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez travels to Australia to give an emotional press conference where he promises to bring his son, who has been missing since May 31, home.


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Opposition Leader Liza Harvey attacked by Chamber of Commerce over Liberal policies

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:16:00 +1000

WA's Chamber of Commerce and Industry releases a damning assessment of newly-elected Opposition Leader Liza Harvey's economic policies, saying they put the state's budget repair at risk.


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Shirley Finn murder to remain unsolved as inquest closed and police warned

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 20:24:00 +1000

Coroner Barry King warns police of probable adverse findings against them for their incompetence during the initial investigation into the 1975 killing of Perth brothel madam Shirley Finn, as he closes an inquest into her murder which he says will likely remain unsolved.


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CFMEU Victoria branch threatens to cut financial support to ALP if John Setka is expelled

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Published On :: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:44:00 +1000

The Victorian branch of the CFMEU threatens to immediately cease all financial support for the ALP if Labor leader Anthony Albanese's push to expel union leader John Setka goes ahead.


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Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Chris O'Neill bashed at Toorak's Heyington train station

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Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:08:00 +1000

Police charge two brothers, aged 18 and 20, over an unprovoked attack on an off-duty senior Victorian police officer near a Melbourne train station.


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Questions the AFL must answer before the Behavioural Awareness Officers are unleashed again

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Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:09:00 +1000

The AFL's supporter crackdown is being felt by those in the stands, but without confirmation one way or another from the AFL, the supporters are filling the void with questions of their own.


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Mascot Towers residents told to seek help from Salvation Army if they're homeless

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Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:10:00 +1000

Mascot Towers building management tells residents who were evacuated on Friday night after cracks were found in the Sydney apartment building to seek help from the Salvation Army if they are facing financial hardship.


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Father of missing backpacker appeals to WhatsApp for co-operation in police investigation

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Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 05:29:00 +1000

Laurent Hayez, father of missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez, supported by his sons Godfather JP Hayez and cousin Lisa Hayez.


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Billion-dollar Indigenous-led power station to revive struggling Queensland coal town

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Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 05:53:00 +1000

A proposed $2 billion Indigenous-led coal-fired power station in Collinsville in North Queensland developed by Brisbane-based Indigenous company Shine Energy and headed by traditional Biri man Ashley Dodd is set to revive one of the country's oldest coal towns.


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Adelaide River crocodile guide Harry Bowman says farewell after 30 years

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Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:15:00 +1000

Harry Bowman has been the face of the Top End's crocodile cruises for more than 30 years, but the time has come for him to say farewell to his toothless old mate Brutus the giant saltwater croc.


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Summernats fraudster stole more than $160,000 from car festival to fund drug, gambling habit

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Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:24:00 +1000

A former finance officer for the Summernats car festival, who stole thousands of dollars from the business to fuel a drug habit, avoids prison time.


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